Farmer's Markets - A Fresh Place To Buy Your Food

Food in your local grocery store may be trucked in from thousands of miles away. So that it keeps that "fresh" look, it's often picked before it's ripe or it may be treated with chemicals or irradiated to keep it from ripening before it gets to the store.

When you buy from your local farmer's market, you get fresh, locally grown food, much of it picked that very same day.

While it's ideal to buy organic, even from the farmer's market, often you'll find vendors who are not certified but who do not use the chemicals and pesticides used on the food trucked in from great distances. These foods, though not organic, are a much better choice than the non-organic choices in your grocery store.

Of course, organic is always best, but when it's not practical for you, make sure you check for the low pesticide foods that are safe to buy non organic.

Click here to watch a video on farmer's markets and find a farmer's market in your area.

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